Monday, June 17, 2013

Alex Delivers Special Father's Day Present to his Dad!

Alex Prunty changed his traditional #11 to #39, the number his father
Dan competed with at the speedway, and drove the special Father’s Day
scheme to the victory in the 40-lap late model main event.

Al Stippich and Bill Prietzel led the field to the green flag and
they raced alongside each other for two laps before Stippich’s car
washed wide off turn four, carrying Prietzel’s machine with it and
opening the door for Alex Prunty to charge to the lead on the inside.
Mike Lichtfeld, Ryan DeStefano, and John DeAngelis also used the inside
lane to advance around Stippich and Prietzel. Prunty maintained the lead
while Lichtfeld tried to close the gap from second as DeStefano and
DeAngelis were close behind in third and fourth when the caution flag
waved on lap eleven as Prietzel and Ryan Farrell locked wheels in turn
four and spun around. Prunty took the inside for the restart with
Lichtfeld taking the high line and as racing resumed, Prunty darted to
the lead as Litchtfeld battled with DeStefano over second. Lichtfeld
eventually was able to claim second from DeStefano as Prunty increased
his lead on the field. Prunty could not be caught in the closing laps
and he drove to the victory over Lichtfeld and DeStefano while Dan
Church and Braison Bennett rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth
respectively.

Alex Prunty and John DeAngelis each scored late model heat race wins while Dan Church set fast time at 12.673 seconds.